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Nearest Communities to Forbes,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Forbes, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Forbes:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Forbes.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Forbes is located in Dickey County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickey County: LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom, Sargent, Brown (SD) & McPherson (SD).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Forbes. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Dickey County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Forbes (which is Dickey County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Forbes

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Dickey County   (where Forbes resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.dickeynd.com/
    • County Seat for Dickey:   Ellendale
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Forbes   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Forbes.
      • Wirch
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Wirch is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirch
      • Ellendale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Duane
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Duane is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane
      • Merricourt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Merricourt is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merricourt
      • Boynton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Boynton is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
      • Monango
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Monango is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monango
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
      • Silverleaf
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
      • Keystone ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Keystone is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
      • Fullerton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Guelph
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Guelph is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guelph
      • Hudson ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hudson is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Eaton ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Eaton is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
      • Clement
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Clement is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
      • Port Emma ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Port Emma is located in Dickey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Emma
  • LaMoure County
  • Logan County
  • McIntosh County
  • Brown County
    • County Website:   https://www.brown.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Brown:   Aberdeen (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Forbes   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Forbes.
      • Winship
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Winship is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
        • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
      • Frederick
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnard
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Westport
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bieglers First Addition
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Richmond Lake Heights Development
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hecla
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Hecla is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hecla <3>
      • Pleasant Vally Development
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Richmond
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Richmond is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Houghton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ordway
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ordway is located in Brown County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
        • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
  • Edmunds County
  • McPherson County
    • County Website:   https://mcpherson.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for McPherson:   Leola (SD)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Forbes   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Forbes.
      • Spring Creek Colony
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Spring Creek Colony is located in McPherson County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Colony
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 268 people
      • Leola
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Leola is located in McPherson County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leola <3>
      • Wetonka
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Wetonka is located in McPherson County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetonka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
      • Long Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Long Lake is located in McPherson County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Long Lake Colony
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Long Lake Colony is located in McPherson County (SD)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 332 people

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forbes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.